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    [PATCH] ppc64: fix initialisation of gettimeofday calculations · 8f80e5c9
    Stephen Rothwell authored
    On PPC64, we keep track of when we need to update jiffies (and the
    variables used to calculate the time of day) based on the time base.
    
    If the time base frequence is sufficiently high compared to the
    processor clock frequency, then it is possible for the time of day
    variables to be corrupted at the time of the first decrementer interrupt
    we take.  This became obvious on a legacy iSeries where the time base
    frequency is the same as the processor clock.
    
    This one line patch fixes the initialisation so that the time of day
    variables and the indicator we use to tell when updates are due are
    better synchronised.
    Signed-off-by: default avatarStephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarLinus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
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